Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-10-08

NJ FISHER.
More About those Montgomery
Letters and What Editor
Weed Says.
Two weeks ago the HERALD, by re-
quest of a meeting of Republicans, held
&C the Court House, published certain
letters written by H. S. Montgomery,
foreman of the Long Island Inter
Ocean, to the county officers Of this
county with a summary Of the state
ments made by Messrs. Hartman
Morton, gNipps and AlcGuire-au can
didates for reelection. Our readers
viii remember that it appeared that
Mr.. Montgomery wanted to borrow
from these candidates sums ranging
from 800 to $50 as shown from his
own letters.
Those candidates becoming satisfied
that there was q well planned scheme to
get money from them, called IAN UNI
Der Of friends together and LAID the
matter before them. 1t was the unan-
imous opinion of those republicans as
sembled in that meeting, that Mont
gomery's methods were crooked and
ought TO be exposed. A motion was
made by Mr.. George w Young that the
letters of Montgomery and the pro-
ceedings Of the meeting be published
IN the two Republican papers Of Phil
lipsburg.
And now comes Z. NJ. Weed. the
owner and editor Of the Inter Ocean
and in his reply not only defends the
course pursued by his foreman, II. s
Montgomery, but actually assails the
candidates named and accuses them Of
entering into a scheme ''to rule or ruiz
everything that will not fall into lint
and yell for those candidates" The In
ter Ocean says:
We do not remember Of ever having witnesses
plot Of bluckcr peridy, baser faisehoods, crosse
misrepresentation or more studious mlseonstrnc
lions than that meeting held at the Court Aous
sept ~.
Now there was but little printed o
the proceedings of that meeting, be
sides Montgomery letters. The state
ments made by the candidates wer
mainly confined to their explanation q
when and how they received the letter
and their reply thereto. Then ho'
could there be pilot and "bas
falsehoOd" &c, on the part Of the can
didates. Oh. no, Mr.. Inter Ocean
that sort Of stOrming and ranting won
do. Montgomery defense is NOR
PLAUSIBLE than yours, viz: that he wa
hard up for money and took this meth
cd to "borrow" some. The Int
Oceans statement that the "COunt
Ring attempted a bold and unscrupu
lous scheme to ruin somebody is to
thin. Just think of the RIGHTEOUSNESS
of the position taken by the Inter Ocea
that Hartman, Mcclure, Nipps an
Uncle Ben Merton conspired together
and Matched out dark diabolcal pic
70 ruin H. S. Montgomery q printe
working in that office. If that ism
''cheek' we do not understand the del
milton of that word. So far as tn
HERALD is concerned It publishe
Montgomery letters as requested wit
the remark that the evidence so far
exparte, and that we never prOnOunc
man unqualifedly guilty till we hea
both sides. We have now read Mont
gomery's defense. 1t consists of tw
points;
LIST. That he was hard pressed 70
money.
2d. That he tried to ''bOrrOw" it c
the various candidates for county Offices
HERALD readers can form their ow
opinion as to his motives in adopting
the method he did to induce the cand
dates to lend him the money he wanted
That is printer Montgomery's defense
Editor Weed charges a deep, dark dis
bOIical conspiracy on the part of HarI
man. Mcclure, Nipps and Morton q
ruin Montgomery If it were not tina
that matter involved the honor and in
tegrity of several men, and thus becam
u serious matter. Weeds defense Of hi
foreman, in charging a conspirac
against the four county officers, woul
be considered huge joke. It is laugh
able any way, to think that TO get hi
foreman and himself out Of this snap
he accuses Uncle Ben Morton, Jaco
Nipps, Sheriff Mcclure, and Count
Clerk Hartman. as being guilty Of
black, henious, awfuily wicked con
spiracy 70 ruIn one of his printers
Neither Weed nor Montgomery denie
the genuineness Of the ''Iontgomer
letters" published, in which it Is show
Montgomery wanted to borrow frOI
500 To $500, hence ;he cOllosal audaC
itY Of Weed in asserting that those me
had entered into deep, dark pIot {
ruin Montgomery. That IS pure chez
h0isted up on high stills.